9 thoughts on “A Chicken for Supper”

I also thought that it was nice to see him mentioned. It seems odd that he is so seldom mentioned in the diary. Based on the diary entries, Grandma appears to be closer to her mother than her father. Maybe he generally was too busy with farm work to be very involved in the day-to-day activities of the children.

Interesting that she refers to the hen as “her” and not “it.” I think because back then kids knew exactly where their meat/poultry came from, and if it was male or female; it wasn’t an abstract notion that assembly line slaughterhouses enable today. I believe people who eat meat should know exactly what the animal goes through to get to their stomach, and choose as humanely as possible.